Mertensii on DD

Cliving1 · 06/29/2019, 06:09 AM

Currently 2 mertensii on live aquaria if anyone is interested. From the pics they look to be in good shape

ThRoewer · 06/29/2019, 10:12 PM

$400????
Crazy!

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D-Nak · 06/29/2019, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ThRoewer

$400????
Crazy!

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It's a rare anemone! Thus the premium

(A rare amemone that oftentimes turns into a huge, brown, drab anemone.)

ThRoewer · 06/30/2019, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by D-Nak

It's a rare anemone! Thus the premium

(A rare amemone that oftentimes turns into a huge, brown, drab anemone.)

There is nothing rare about it. It's also not hard to find in the ocean or difficult to get to. It's about as easy to find and collect as a crispa or BTA. It's just rarely collected since hardly anybody wants it because it gets huge and has about the blandest color you can find on a reef.

And honestly, I would think it costs exactly as much as a crispa wholesale and DD just jacks up the price because they know that there will likely be someone who buys it even at that hyper inflated price.

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Cliving1 · 06/30/2019, 05:06 AM

I thought it was rare, never seen one in person.

Bluezoo also has a wysiwyg mag for 150.

OrionN · 06/30/2019, 12:54 PM

They just sold two a few weeks ago for
Much less. Nobody going to buy it and they will re-list it at a lower price.

ThRoewer · 06/30/2019, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Cliving1

I thought it was rare, never seen one in person.

Bluezoo also has a wysiwyg mag for 150.

They may be rare in the trade due to above noted reasons but on the reefs of the Indo-Pacific they are as common as magnifica and crispa and about as easy to collect.

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hottuna · 07/01/2019, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by OrionN

They just sold two a few weeks ago for
Much less. Nobody going to buy it and they will re-list it at a lower price.

Depends ...if somebody wants it bad enough...it will sell-no problem

hottuna · 07/02/2019, 05:06 AM

ONE is gone already

pfan151 · 07/02/2019, 08:44 AM

Those are pretty ugly as well. A local store had a nicely colored (for a mertens) one recently and got $400 for it but it was much nicer and had been in captivity for 2 years. I was thinking about setting up a cube for it but decided against it in the end.

Planetmacro · 07/02/2019, 08:45 AM

Mr Know It All is pontificating again.

hottuna · 07/06/2019, 03:26 AM

Don't see the second merten's there as of today...so..at least 2 people had expensive taste..lol

06/29/2019, 06:09 AM	#1
Cliving1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 1,923	Mertensii on DD Currently 2 mertensii on live aquaria if anyone is interested. From the pics they look to be in good shape

06/29/2019, 10:12 PM	#2
ThRoewer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 9,555	$400???? Crazy! Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk __________________ Pairs: 4 percula, 3 P. kauderni, 3 D. excisus, 1 ea of P. diacanthus, S. splendidus, C. altivelis O. rosenblatti, D. janssi, S. yasha & a Gramma loreto trio 3 P. diacanthus. 2 C. starcki Current Tank Info: 200 gal 4 tank system (40x28x24 + 40B + 40B sump tank + 20g refugium) + 30x18x18 mixed reef + 20g East Pacific biotop + 20g FW +...

06/30/2019, 12:54 PM	#6
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	They just sold two a few weeks ago for Much less. Nobody going to buy it and they will re-list it at a lower price. __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

07/02/2019, 05:06 AM	#9
hottuna Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,248	ONE is gone already __________________ HotTuna

07/06/2019, 03:26 AM	#12
hottuna Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,248	Don't see the second merten's there as of today...so..at least 2 people had expensive taste..lol __________________ HotTuna

06/30/2019, 05:06 AM	#5
Cliving1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 1,923	I thought it was rare, never seen one in person. Bluezoo also has a wysiwyg mag for 150.

07/02/2019, 08:44 AM	#10
pfan151 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: FL Posts: 1,897	Those are pretty ugly as well. A local store had a nicely colored (for a mertens) one recently and got $400 for it but it was much nicer and had been in captivity for 2 years. I was thinking about setting up a cube for it but decided against it in the end.

07/02/2019, 08:45 AM	#11
Planetmacro Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 160	Mr Know It All is pontificating again.